The Breakfast Club (original title: The Breakfast Club ) is a 1985 teen film , one of the most iconic titles in the genre. Written and directed by John Hughes , its plot follows five young people, two girls and three boys (each representing one of the different clichés found in high school ) who, as they spend a Saturday in the school library together, discover that each of them is deeper than their respective stereotypes . The film has become a cult classic and has had a major influence on subs